Two cross-dressing men who were fired upon by National Security Agency police when they disobeyed orders at a heavily guarded gate had just stolen a car from a man who had picked them up and checked into a motel, police said Tuesday.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth on Tuesday criticized Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk as "irresponsible" for recently signing an open letter to the government of Iran regarding ongoing nuclear talks.

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence said Tuesday that he wants legislation on his desk by the end of the week to clarify that the state's new religious-freedom law does not allow discrimination against gays and lesbians.

Ernie Banks did not appear ill when he signed and executed a will that left his entire estate to a longtime caretaker, according to witnesses who testified Tuesday at a critical hearing over the hotly contested will of the Chicago Cubs great.

Two former federal agents are accused of using their positions and savvy computer skills to siphon more than $1 million in digital currency from the online black market known as Silk Road while they and their agencies operated an undercover investigation into the website.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hillary Rodham Clinton emailed her staff on an iPad as well as a BlackBerry while secretary of state, despite her explanation she exclusively used a personal email address on a homebrew server so that she could carry a single device, according to documents obtained by The

An American bald eagle was recently shot near Shreveport, according to KSLA. The bird, which is protected by multiple federal laws, was later euthanized at LSU Veterinary Hospital because of the severity of gunshot wounds to its chest and left wing. ...

NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune will be reporting live from the public meeting tonight concerning the bacteria release at the Tulane National Primate Research Center. The meeting, in the Parish Council chambers, is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Representatives from a...

Tobacco spit left behind by the gunman during a 2012 holdup of a Subway restaurant led Alabama authorities to make an arrest this week, AL.com reported. Karl Julian Rambo Jr., 25, was booked Monday (March 30) with first-degree robbery in...

The Jefferson Economic Development Commission is asking parish government for an additional $300,000 in annual revenue, to supplement the $1.6 million it currently receives from occupational license taxes. Options under consideration are an increase in its share of occupational licenses...

Louisiana's four major gubernatorial candidates spent a lot of time agreeing with each other during a forum about Louisiana's small business environment held in downtown Baton Rouge Tuesday (March 31). The discussion focused largely on the state's financial crisis --...

72-year-old former military ruler defeats incumbent Goodluck Jonathan, marking only eighth time in sub-Saharan Africa challenger unseats incumbent at the pollsThe Nigerian opposition leader, Muhammadu Buhari, has swept to victory in the country’s presidential election, a political earthquake that inflicted the first defeat on an incumbent in the history of A […]

Unclear whether statement would qualify as political framework, the goal that ministers from seven states set themselves to reach by Tuesday at midnight Foreign ministers in Lausanne are reported to be close to a joint statement on a partial agreement on Iran’s nuclear programme that would leave some difficult areas to be negotiated in the coming months.Acco […]

Revelation found in email Germanwings co-pilot sent in 2009 comes as Lufthansa confirms insurers have set aside $300m to cover costsThe co-pilot of the crashed Germanwings passenger plane informed a Lufthansa flight school in 2009 that he had experienced “a serious depressive episode”, the company said on Tuesday, as it confirmed insurers had set aside $300m […]

Officials in popular shopping and entertainment district will give certificates to same-sex couples and are planning educational campaign on LGBT issuesGay people in Japan are celebrating a breakthrough in their quest for equal rights after a district in Tokyo became the first municipality in the country to recognise same-sex partnerships.The vote by Shibuya […]

Army and Shia militias make their most significant advance in Tikrit since launching operation to retake city Iraqi forces have retaken the provincial government headquarters in Tikrit from Islamic State (Isis), a significant advance in the battle to recapture the city.“Iraqi forces cleared the government complex in Tikrit,” an army major general said on Tue […]

Six months on, the killing of four indigenous campaigners has yet to result in an end to illegal logging around the vilage of Alto Tamaya-Saweto“I had hoped to see his body, but I haven’t been able to yet. I haven’t even been able to see his bones. Everything was destroyed by animals.”That’s Diana Rios Rengifo speaking about her father, Jorge Rios Perez, an […]

Agreement paves way for further peace talks with ethnic armies, but fighting in the north continuesBurma’s government and 16 ethnic armed groups have agreed the wording of a draft nationwide ceasefire agreement aimed at ending decades of civil unrest.Though it was lauded as a significant step – the opposing sides have been tussling over words and rights to n […]

State legislators say law is not anti-gay and blame the reaction on a ‘mischaracterisation’. ‘What we had hoped for was a message of inclusion’Indiana’s Republican legislative leaders said on Monday they were working on adding language to the state’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) to make it clear that it does not allow discrimination against gays […]

Indiana Governor Mike Pence sought today to quell the growing storm of controversy over his state’s new religious-freedom law, saying legislators would add a clarification to the measure this week, to spell out that it does not permit discrimination against gay people. “We will fix this and we will move forward,” Mr Pence said at a press conference in Indian […]

Despite her claim that she used a personal email address for government business because she only wanted to use one device, email records obtained by the Associated Press show that Hillary Clinton used an iPad and a Blackberry during her time as secretary of state.